Quote: Saddened! "From the outside it seems like one of the biggest decisions Warrington will have made in their history. If you get the right man you can become a true force and finally win a few titles. If not, you could end up in another round of rebuilding and disappearing from contention for a while.
Wane is a proven winner, but can he replicate it outside of Wigan? It's a big unknown as his era there was filled with dour anti-rugby tactics that didn't wash even with the Wigan fans at times. Powell is the opposite, lovely rugby but no success. It's a tough choice picking between those two. I'd be inclined to go witth the proven winner, but easy to see him falling short and being unpopular. Or do you risk another NRL assistant coach? Perhaps better than Wane particularly as a coach, but likely to be short term, especially if successful as they'll get a job in the NRL and leave.'"
Needs to be some kind of context with Powell though. He took over a Cas side who were an average team. They finished second bottom the year before he took over and had 22 losses that season. He's turned them into a top 5 team and won the LLS whilst being 80 mins away from winning both the CC and the Grand Final. He also loses his best player every other season whilst not having the resources or facilities of any other the bigger clubs; Clark, Solomona, Hardaker, Gale. Since he was appointed coach in 2013 he has finished above us 4 times in 8 seasons.